Indian business travellers miss home food – survey
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Indian business travellers reveal that they miss home-cooked food while travelling abroad.
According to a latest survey by Regus, home-cooked food accounted 48% and is among the top three things Indians miss when travelling for work, outranking speaking their own language in their affections.
Business respondents globally reported that after family (68%), and their home (38%), they are most likely to be hit by a bout of nostalgia over home cooking (25%), rather than savouring the delights of a foreign cuisine. One in five respondents (17%) also longs to speak in their own language, highlighting that some home-comforts really are irreplaceable in making people feel they belong.
Commenting on the results, Sahil Verma, Chief Operating Officer for India at Regus said, “Face-to-face meetings have often been a key part of business as people need to see the expressions and body language of those they are talking to, but workers also find that over the years their priorities change. New technologies that allow workers to hold video conferences are becoming more and more common and employees are rightly starting to demand that these be offered as an alternative to travel.
Other findings highlight:
• In India, respondents were more likely to miss their home (42%) than the global average of 38%;
• Indians were also more likely to feel put-out by missing their local weather (14%) than average (8%);
• Globally, generation X and Baby Boomers are less likely to be willing to travel for work with family commitments taking their toll;
• Generation X, most likely to have young children, is the most likely to miss their family (73%);
• In India a fifth of respondents (22%) are less willing than they were ten years ago to separate from their home comforts and travel for business.
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